parse a csv file into a text file

[Zhen Zhang]

On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 7:57:26 PM UTC-5, Dave Angel wrote:
> Zhen Zhang <zhen.zhang.uoft at gmail.com> Wrote in message:
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> > Hi, every one.
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> > I am a second year EE student.
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> > I just started learning python for my project.
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> > I intend to parse a csv file with a format like 
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> > 3520005,"Toronto (Ont.)",C  ,F,2503281,2481494,F,F,0.9,1040597,979330,630.1763,3972.4,1
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> > 2466023,"Montréal (Que.)",V  ,F,1620693,1583590,T,F,2.3,787060,743204,365.1303,4438.7,2
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> > 5915022,"Vancouver (B.C.)",CY ,F,578041,545671,F,F,5.9,273804,253212,114.7133,5039.0,8
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> > 3519038,"Richmond Hill (Ont.)",T  ,F,162704,132030,F,F,23.2,53028,51000,100.8917,1612.7,28
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> > into a text file like the following
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> > Toronto 2503281
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> > Montreal 1620693
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> > Vancouver 578041
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> > I am extracting the 1st and 5th column and save it into a text file.
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> Looks to me like columns 1 and 6.
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> > This is what i have so far.
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> > [code]
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> > import csv
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> > file = open('raw.csv')
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> > reader = csv.reader(file)
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> > f = open('NicelyDone.text','w')
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> > for line in reader:
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> >       f.write("%s %s"%line[1],%line[5])
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> Why not use print to file f? The approach for redirection is
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>  different between python 2 and 3, and you neglected to say which
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> > My thinking is that I could add those 2 string together like c=a+' ' +b, that would give me the format i wanted.
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> And don't forget the "\n" at end of line. 
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> > So i can use f.write() to write into a file  ;) 
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> Or use print, which defaults to adding in a newline.
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> > Sorry if my questions sounds too easy or stupid.
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> Not in the least.
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> DaveA

Hi Dave  Thanks for the reply,
I am currently running python 2.7.

Yes, i thought there must be a print function in python like fprint in C++ that allows you to print into a file directly.
But i google about "print string into text file" I got answers using f.write() instead. :)